First romances were always going to be awkward. It was a fact of life, you're always not quite right when trying something out for the first time. It generally doesn't go the way that it should.

And that was certainly the case for the very first date that Sakura Haruno had ever had in her life.

Well, that wasn't exactly the case. She'd been on a few dates with a few men, but none of them really amounted to anything much.

The difference was she was now going out with a...

Girl.

And she really didn't understand what the problem was. She had no problem with men dating other men, or women dating other men. Who was she to dictate who could love who? But, it felt so alien, the sheer prospect of going on a date with another woman. It didn't feel natural.

Perhaps that's how society is.

Still, Sakura thought, letting out a puff of hot air from her lungs, society probably wasn't the cause of all of this rain right now.

The water droplets were bucketing down onto the every surface they could find, exploding as the sky roared with rage, it's cackles illuminating the musty grey clouds up above.

Beside her, Ino Yamanaka was soaked through, shivering violently despite the cloak wrapped around her feminine frame. Her blonde hair was stained with water, and her face was wet.

Sakura sighed. What a day it had been.

To be honest, she really didn't know how 'they' had happened. They just sort of clicked one day. They felt something, an instant connection. It was odd and bizarre and alien... but it somehow worked. They didn't know how, and they didn't really want to know why. They fit together.

Or, at least they thought they did.

Their first date had been marred by problems. The dinner arrangements ended up being cancelled, their umbrellas broke, they were soaked through, and now they were stuck under a shelter for the foreseeable future.

Sakura turned to Ino, and frowned. "I'm sorry." She whispered brokenly.

Ino stopped trying to dry her hair, and turned to face the pinkette. With a soft smile, she said. "It's okay. I mean, this date went up shit creek, but I had fun."

Sakura snorted. "Really?"

"Yes, really. But, if we do go on another date, can we please avoid getting wet?"

"Prude."

"Saku-"

She was cut off as the pinkette pulled her into a searing kiss, that sent all the cold shivers away and replaced them with warm ones.

And so, the two girls kissed under the shelter in the pouring rain, both waiting for a less rainy day.